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Latest News Module will show by default latest items from your website.You can control that from the module parameters. You can choose to show latest news from a particular section or multiple sections. Also, you can show your latest items from a single category or multiple categories.
To do that you must know the section/category id. The section id can be found in the Section manager and the category id in the category manager.
A Joomla! 1.5 Module is in its most basic form two files: an XML configuration file and a PHP controller file. The XML configuration file contains general information about the module (as will be displayed in the Module Manager in the Joomla! administration interface), as well as module parameters which may be supplied to fine tune the appearance / functionality of the module. The PHP file provides the controlling logic for the module. A very simple "Hello World" module might looking something like this.
A module is a lightweight and flexible extension that is used for page rendering. They are used for small bits of the page that are generally less complex and are able to be seen across different components.
You can see many examples of modules in the standard Joomla! install: - menus - Latest News - Login form - and many more.
This tutorial will explain how to go about creating a simple Hello World module. Through this tutorial you will learn the basic file structure of a module. This basic structure can then be expanded to produce more elaborate modules.
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